Travel AI Powered Trip Example
I’ve discussed the ideal Travel AI Service should feel like a personal extension of myself and I would like to visualize what a highly automated, and eventually completely autonomous, Travel AI-powered booking might look like. I believe everything I describe below is possible today for a travel startup or travel tech platform to incorporate into their feature stack to (i) increase conversion rates, (ii) increase engagement, (iii) increase brand loyalty to the travel retailer, and (iv)...
Mind-Reading Travel AI
Travel is no exception. I demand solutions to travel problems I didn’t even know existed, before I even realized they’re problems. Mind-Reading Travel AI In the context of travel, it dawned on me that what I truly desire is...
Travel Natural Language Search Is Here (If You Were Just Born)
I propose that a new generation of travelers, born natively into natural language travel searching, will embrace natural language consumer-initiated travel searches (note the word consumer-initiated).
Consumer-Initiated Travel AI Use: Much Ado About Nothing
AI does have consumer-facing use cases, but these are nowhere near the hype surrounding its impact on consumer-initiated travel products and services.
Size (of the AI Prompt) Does Matter
In the context of ChatGPT searches, AI prompts are the initial inputs or queries that guide the AI’s response. They serve as the starting point for the AI to generate relevant and useful information. The need for detailed prompts...
Chinese Tourists Aren’t Coming Back to the US Anytime Soon.
I believe the US travel industry (companies, media, prognosticators) is currently spending too much mental energy, attention, opportunity cost and focus on the inbound Chinese traveler market while overlooking opportunities from other lucrative source markets. Fixating on ‘the Pre-pandemic...
Visa Processing Delays Costing US $100B and 16M Visitors Annually.
Every aspect of the travel industry benefits from shorter tourism visa processing times --- hotels, guides, tourism boards, airlines, transportation companies, attractions, restaurants, etc. I am speechless (and that’s hard for somebody as opiniated as me) to the point...
Early High Level AI Observations for Travel Startups
Larger travel companies have and will continue to dominate the initial wave of large language model AI benefits. Where does that leave (comparatively smaller) travel startups
How to Differentiate Your Travel Startup or App
While it can be challenging to differentiate travel startups & travel apps from a customer viewpoint (the most important of viewpoints at the end of the day since they are paying all the bills so say), it's an essential...
